The Australian Production Design Guild was established in 2009 as a non-profit organisation that aims to:
The National Executive is the governing body of the APDG. Up to 12 members are elected to the National Executive by the APDG membership at the AGM. The formulation of the National Executive is designed to enable stable, effective, and representative governance and to further the aims of the Guild. Positions on the National Executive are identified for proportional representation of screen, live performance, emerging and digital production designers from all states and territories.
The National Executive elects three to five of its members as Directors, who oversee compliance of the APDG with statutory obligations.
Any member of the APDG may bring concerns or ideas to the National Executive by contacting any of the Executive members, the APDG Business Manager, Operational or State Liaison personnel or at a grass roots level through either the Screen or Live Performance Committees.
President
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG
Fiona Donovan APDG
Stephen Curtis APDG
Michael Rumpf APDG
President
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG
Vice President
Fiona Donovan APDG
Treasurer
Michael Rumpf APDG
National Screen Representative
Emma Fletcher
National Screen Joint Representative
Jo Briscoe APDG
National Screen Joint Representative
Erin Roche
National Screen Joint Representative
Ross Wallace APDG
National Screen Joint Representative
Daniel Willis
National Live Performance Representative
Stephen Curtis APDG
National Live Performance Joint Representative
Christina Smith
National Live Performance Joint Representative
Ben Hughes APDG
National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Emily Jansz
National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Lauren Kheir
National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Cris Baldwin
National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Isabel Hudson
Queensland
Simone Romaniuk
Victoria
Christina Smith
Victoria
Charlotte Lane
New South Wales
Stephen Curtis APDG
South Australia
Casey Van Sebille
Queensland
Dylan Schenkeveld
Queensland
Helen O’Loan
Victoria
Simone Grace
New South Wales
Fiona Donovan APDG
Western Australia
Emma Fletcher
South Australia
Michael Rumpf APDG
MENTORAPDG Coordinator
(Live Performance)
Tobhiyah Stone Feller
MENTORAPDG Coordinator (Screen)
Lien See Leong
Education Representative
Liz Keogh Palmer APDG
ASIG Representative
Natalie Beak
Advocacy Representative
Courtney Westbrook
Diversity Joint Representative
Reilly O’Loughlin
Diversity Joint Representative
Wei Guo
Diversity Joint Representative
Alfonso Coronel
Acting Business Manager
Rebecca Whittington
Awards Manager
Alycia Stanley
Administration Assistant
Tobhiyah Stone Feller
The APDG is predominantly a volunteer run organisation. Many members generously give their time to make the design community stronger. If you would like to be involved by joining a working group, taking on an operational or state liaison position or lead a new initiative, please contact our Business Manager or a member of the National Executive.